Meetings are weird things, and often they’re a breeding ground for embarrassing workplace behavior. Because of the sheer amount of boredom in the room, there’s always someone chewing on a pen, doodling, spilling coffee down the front of their shirt, or forgetting to turn their cell phone off. Well, Us Weekly has decided to share one of the most embarrassing meeting stories ever - for some reason, they deem a story about Jessica Simpson farting in a meeting to be worthy of attention on their website. I almost didn’t post about it, but I decided that it’s worth pointing out that Us Weekly is really grasping for straws. I love celebrity gossip as much as the next girl, but come on. It’s not like she pulled a Paula Abdul and answered her cell phone during a meeting. Sometimes people fart. It’s involuntary and they can’t help it. I mean, for fuck’s sake, leave the woman alone. If she says or does something, we can judge her behavior, but what’s next - an article about how she sneezed while someone was trying to ask for an autograph?
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This month’s Marie Claire has an article called “40 Things You Didn’t Know About Jessica Simpson.” The 40 things are all quotes from people Jessica is friends with or has worked with, from costars to charity recipients. And, of course, her assistant.
Like many young stars, Jessica asked her best friend from back home in Texas, CaCee Cobb, to be her personal assistant when she first hit it big. CaCee spent several years working for Jessica and even appeared regularly on Jess’ reality show Newlyweds. After CaCee left her PA job to do something else (well, other than date Donald Faison I don’t actually know what she does, but anyway), another Simpson friend stepped in to fill the role, Stephanie McGuire. Here’s what Steph has to say about her boss/friend:
We have to watch the Cowboys games at home, not in a public space, because she yells at the TV.
Not the most revealing thing in the world, but it’s cute and does a good job of reminding people that Jessica is dating Tony Romo, who just happens to be the Cowboys’ QB. I think it’s time to give Stephanie a raise.
Jessica Simpson doesn’t have much going on these days–her last movie was only in a handful of theaters, and her next one is going straight to DVD. So she’s decided to help rehab her image by joining USO and performing for US troops stationed in Kuwait. MSNBC’s “Scoop” gossip column reported this week that Jessica wasn’t slumming it while in the Middle East, claiming that a ”private plane carrying Simpson and her entourage - which includes dad Joe, hairstylist Ken Paves and her personal assistant and stylist… cost approximately $150,000.”
Jessica, however, refutes the allegations. Her publicist told People that “She flew commercially, she is staying in the barracks. She’s been with the troops all day. She’s had her meals with them.” However, the publicist then admitted that Jess did indeed have a hair person and stylist with her, but not an assistant.
Who is Jess’ assistant these days, anyway? Maybe she made a smart choice for once and got someone a little less desperate for the spotlight than CaCee Cobb.